Flower-holder



N0 Model.)

J. K. SAARIO., FLOWERHOLDER.

Patented Au 24, 1897.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

JOHN K. SAARIO, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FLOWER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,659, dated August 24, 1897. Application filed August 19, 1896. Serial No. 603,193. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN K. SAARIO, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in flower-holders, the object of the same being to provide a simple device for attaching a bunch of flowers to the lapel of a coat or to the front of a dress which shall be cheap in construction and effective in operation.

The invention consists of a pin made of a single piece of wire having a loop formed at its upper end lying in a, plane at right angles to the main part of said pin and a second loop, preferably of smaller diameter than the first, the same lying parallel to said first loop and located at a point intermediate of the outer ends of said pin.

The invention also consists in other details of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device shown applied to the lapel of a coat. Fig. 2is asimilar view of the same detachedv Fig. 3 is a similar View showing a glass receptacle for containing water attached thereto.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the dilferent views.

My improved device consists of a pin made of a single piece of wire, somewhat after the manner of an ordinary safety-pin. The arms 1 and 2 thereof meet at their upper ends and are adapted to be locked together at their lower ends by means of a hook 3 on the lower end of the arm 2, in which the arm 1 is adapted to be inserted. Formed at the upper endof the pin, adjacent to the connection between the arms 1 and 2, is a loop 4, which lies in a plane at substantially right angles to the main part of said pin. A similar loop 5 is formed in the arm 2 at a point between the loop 4 and the hook 3 upon the lower end of said arm. The said loop 5 is parallel to the loop 4 and is preferably of smaller diameter.

In using my device the lower end of the arm 1 of the pin is inserted through the material of the dress or coat and afterward looked upon the arm 2 by inserting it within the hook 3 thereon. A bunch of flowers may then be inserted through the loops 4 and 5 and be held securely in place by frictional contact therewith. If desired, I may insert a glass or other receptacle 6 for holding water into the loop 5 and permit the lower ends of the flower-stems to lie within the water in said glass or receptacle. The said glass 6 is formed with an outwardly-extending flange 7 upon its upper end, beneath which the wire constituting the loop 5 fits.

As thus described, it will be seen that I have devised an extremely simple and effective device for securing a bunch of flowers to the lapel of a-coat or to the front of a dress, and one which can be produced at a price which is Within the reach of all.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a flower-holder, the combination of a pin formed of two arms meeting at their upper ends, means for fastening said arms together at their lower ends, a pair of parallel loops or rings formed on said pin which lie in planes at right angles to the main part thereof, and a glass or receptacle for containing water having a flange formed upon its upper end, the same adapted to be inserted through one of said loops or rings with the flange thereof engaged by said ring, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I JOHN K. SAARIO. 

